http://www.post-gazette.com/ Articles from all entertainment categories en-us Copyright 2010, post-gazette.com. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:32:45 -0500 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10071/1042135-67.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml "Pittsburgh's Golden Age of Radio" (Arcadia Publishing, $21.99) is primarily a pictorial history of local radio in its glory days. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:26:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10071/1042097-238.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml This week's TV Q&A responds to questions about Alex O'Loughlin, ABC's "FlashForward" and a new WQEX digital sub-channel. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10071/1042133-120.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Not least among reasons for "The Hurt Locker's" Oscar-laden upset triumph was the film's refusal to take a position on -- or really, even allude to -- the raging political issues surrounding the war in Iraq. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10071/1042134-67.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Every year at this time, CBS's daytime soaps get pre-empted, and every year, the plaintive pleas of despondent soap opera viewers flood my phone line: "Where are my stories?" Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10071/1042136-120.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Stainer has been friends with Kirk since grade school, but he's cold and analytical when it comes to scoring his friend on the 1 to 10 scale of desirability and looks. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10071/1042139-60.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml School ties come in handy when you want to turn the Mellon Arena into a movie set and film during a real Penguins game, with a cameraman crouched at the actors' feet and the director a few seats away. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10071/1042140-44.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml The region's literary life is starting to pop back up like those brave green shoots in the thawed landscape. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10071/1042141-148.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Before he wrote crime thrillers, Jo Nesbo worked as an economist. His smartest investment was Harry Hole, the Oslo police inspector who has made his creator a bestseller all over Europe. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10071/1042142-121.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml The Post-Gazette reviews movies from a family perspective. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10071/1042143-120.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Make way for Team Rob. Unlike Team Edward or Team Jacob, Team Rob is all about -- who else? -- Robert Pattinson, starring in "Remember Me." Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10071/1042200-67.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Think a wrinkled bracket and a college sweatshirt are all you need to get the full March Madness experience? Pretty soon, you'll also need a bag of popcorn and a pair of goofy glasses. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042045-325.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml These days everyone lives the hard knock life. We forget to dream. We forget optimism. We forget ... Annie. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:53:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041818-60.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Jay Baruchel is Canadian, he calls hockey his "religion," and he met one of its patron saints and finest ambassadors while making "She's Out of My League" in Pittsburgh. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:48:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041832-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Preview: The Manchester Craftsmen's Guild is sponsoring more than another concert this weekend in its Jazz Hall. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:51:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041857-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml A list of things to do this weekend. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:44:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041771-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Last year, the Community Foundation of Upper St. Clair, through fundraising efforts, donated a 9-foot Steinway Concert piano to the Upper St. Clair High School Theatre. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:25:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041604-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Those booking They Might Be Giants right now can choose from a menu of three different packages: There's the basic anything-goes set, the 20th anniversary of "Flood" celebration show and then the one that helps you learn your numbers and ABCs. ... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041605-325.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Lenora Nemetz loves to laugh and make audiences laugh, so thank heavens for "Nunsense." Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041633-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml 28 North, a bluesy Pittsburgh band that doesn't hide its classic-rock influences (from the Allman Brothers to Zeppelin to Santana), will release its second CD, "Mystery," with a show at Altar Bar in the Strip on Saturday at 9 p.m. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041638-327.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Best of all is what's on stage, a high school production that felt more like a pretty good college. "Shall We Dance," which played to packed houses last weekend, was a slick, eye-filling revue. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041816-60.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml The 17th annual Pittsburgh Jewish Israeli Film Festival continues at the SouthSide Works Cinema and, where noted, other venues: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041819-60.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml The Pittsburgh Jewish Israeli Film Festival continues this weekend. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041825-60.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml When Nate Torrence read the character breakdown for "She's Out of My League," he thought, gee, that sounds familiar. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041840-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Records are rated on a scale of one (awful) to four (classic) stars: Pop/Rock Gorillaz 'Plastic Beach' (Virgin) 1/2 "Plastic Beach" was inspired by Gorillaz chief Damon Albarn's visit to a Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041845-437.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml A list of recommended things to do this weekend. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041849-60.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml BRISTOL, Conn. -- Robert De Niro is set to play Vince Lombardi in an upcoming movie. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041852-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Music preview: During its 27-year history, Megadeth has produced 12 studio albums -- some that have gone on to become thrash-metal classics, some of which the band and its fans might want to forget. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041858-60.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml 'Scarecrow and Mrs. King: COMPLETE FIRST SEASON' These days, if you want to watch an odd couple who work together amid sexual tension, you can watch the likes of Booth and Brennan on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041859-60.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml 'Precious' four stars That montage of horror clips shown at the Academy Awards ceremony last Sunday might have included yet another monster: the mother-from-Hell played by deserving Oscar-winner Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041411-67.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Public radio stations don't scramble for advertising revenues like their commercial counterparts, but they still compete for donors, ratings, public and grant support. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:09:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041406-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Music preview: Here are two facts you might not know about the mandolin: It's not merely for folk and bluegrass but also a classical instrument, and people tend to play it in very large ensembles. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041407-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Music preview: As nicknames go in classical music, Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 3, "Polish," has one of the most misleading. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041410-348.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Andy Richter, Conan O'Brien's sidekick at "The Tonight Show," is acknowledging some ill will toward NBC and Jay Leno in the wake of the network's late-night upheaval. "Why wouldn't I?" Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041412-28.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Five million dollars. That's how much money seven arts groups have saved by sharing the costs of marketing, advertising, ticketing, theater programs and collectively purchasing everything from Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041413-28.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml The real work of preserving WDUQ-FM as an independent public radio station is going on behind closed doors, as the group trying to preserve WDUQ and keep its programming intact begins a long, hard fundraising and public awareness task. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041423-67.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Maybe part of the reason that "Human Target," tonight at 8 on Fox, doesn't appeal to me is that Christopher Chance has chosen a path "Burn Notice's" Michael Westen rejected -- being smart muscle for hire. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041172-369.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Learning to read is serious business. But that doesn't mean it can't be done in a fun way. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 01:06:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041171-369.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Capsule reviews of recent children's book releases. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041175-67.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Sunday night's Academy Awards broadcast captured the biggest audience for ABC in five years, the company reported Monday. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041177-67.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Scott Broom turns his tripod toward the wall of gray mailboxes, adjusts the camera, walks into the shot and delivers his spiel. "Here's how bad it is for the U.S. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041178-388.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml She was supposed to be a lawyer. This lanky, toothy New York girl, a poli-sci grad out of Duke with a rich mind but shaky self-esteem, was "going to take the more accepted path." Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041180-67.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Patty Hewes, the Machiavellian lawyer played by Glenn Close on FX's addictive "Damages" (10 p.m. Mondays) loves to go after the rich and powerful. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041181-348.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml Maybe it went semi-unnoticed because they were accepting one of the night's lower-profile awards, but the personal tiff between "Music by Prudence" producer Elinor Burkett and director-producer Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041182-60.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml LOS ANGELES -- Kathryn Bigelow played field commander to bring her raw, relentless Iraq War thriller "The Hurt Locker" to the screen. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500